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A 3 year old girl with a history of hydrocephalus is brought to the neurologist by her parents with a severe headache and fever. The girl underwent a revision of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt 1 month ago, and the neurologist suspects that an infection has occurred. Which of the following organisms would most likely be isolated from the shunt tubing?

A
Bacteroides fragilis
B
Corynebacterium diphtheriae
C
Escherichia coli
D
Staphylococcus epidermidis

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